Population Education @populationeducation.org · 29/09/2026Join us and spend 75min trying out activities you can take straight back to your class. Step into the activities yourself using simulations, personal stories, mapping, & data to explore why people migrate and how migration shapes populations. 📅 Oct 21 | 4:30–5:45 p.m. ET buff.ly/ukBEi2U 001
Population Education @populationeducation.org · 23/09/2026🍎✏️ Teachers, could a little extra support help bring your students’ World of 8 Billion video ideas to life? Our Teacher Mini-Grants offer $100–$500 in need-based funding to help support your students as they create their contest videos. 🎥🌎 ⏳ Applications due Oct 30, 2026. 👉 buff.ly/HlQDBxs 000
Population Education @populationeducation.org · 22/09/2026New series alert! 📚 Meet PopEd Explained—quick visual explainers that make big concepts a little easier to unpack. First up: Population Density. 👥🌎 Because 10 people at the park? No problem. 10 people in an elevator? We have a density situation. 😬😬😬😬😬😬😬😬😬😬 Check the comments for a free activity. 100
Population Education @populationeducation.org · 18/09/2026Last but not least in the 2026-2027 World of 8 Billion Student Video Contest: Fresh Water Use!💧 Learn more 👉 www.worldof8billion.org/wp-content/u... #Worldof8Billion #StudentVideoContest #YouthVoices #GlobalEducation #middleschoolteacher #highschoolteacher #ScienceTeacher #EnvironmentalScience 000
Population Education @populationeducation.org · 17/09/2026Next up in the 2026-2027 World of 8 Billion Student Video Contest: City Planning! 🏙️ Learn more 👉 www.worldof8billion.org/wp-content/u... #Worldof8Billion #StudentVideoContest #YouthVoices #GlobalEducation #middleschoolteacher #highschoolteacher #ScienceTeacher #EnvironmentalScience 000
Population Education @populationeducation.org · 16/09/2026🌍First up in the 2026–2027 World of 8 Billion Student Video Contest: Extreme Weather!⚡ Learn more with the Extreme Weather Topic Backgrounder 👉 www.worldof8billion.org/wp-content/u... #Worldof8Billion #StudentVideoContest #YouthVoices #GlobalEducation #Sustainability #scienceteacher 012
Population Education @populationeducation.org · 15/09/2026🌍🙋Ready to start researching for the #Worldof8Billion contest, but don't know where to start? Find the links to the backgrounders on this page👇 www.worldof8billion.org/video-contes... #StudentVoices #TeachSDGS #middleschoolteacher #highschoolteacher #ProjectBasedLearning #EnvironmentalScience 010
Population Education @populationeducation.org · 02/09/2026🚨🌍 The World of 8 Billion Video Contest is OPEN! 🌪️ Extreme Weather | 🏙️ City Planning | 💧 Fresh Water Use 📹 Students in grades 6–12 worldwide: Create a 60-sec video with creative solutions for a sustainable future. . 👉 www.worldof8billion.org #WorldOf8Billion #StudentVoices #edusky #sschat #Edusci # 000
Population Education @populationeducation.org · 28/08/2026⌛ The World of 8 Billion Video Conest for 2026 – 2027 opens in just 5 days! On Wednesday, September 2nd, 2026, we will announce the three new topics and contest details! Comment below what your favorite part of the contest is! ⬇️ #Worldof8Billion #edusky #sschat #edusci #PopulationEducation 011
Population Education @populationeducation.org · 11/07/2026Happy World Population Day! 🌍 8 billion people. One shared planet. Today it's an opportunity to better understand our changing world and the connections between people, resources, and the environment. Discover free educational resources to keep learning at PopulationEducation.org. 000
Population Education @populationeducation.org · 10/07/2026How many of the essentials on this list did you use before noon? For billions of people, access to basic essentials isn't a given. Understanding population means understanding not just how many people share our planet, but also the different realities in which they live. #PopulationDay 000
Population Education @populationeducation.org · 07/07/2026Population growth comes with a lot of myths. We're breaking down what's real and what's not & giving you free resources to explore further with your students. Swipe through, then visit the comments for some free K–12 resources to teach the real story🌍📚 populationeducation.org. 100
Population Education @populationeducation.org · 06/07/2026Every number on the population clock represents a person. A life. A story. 🌍 We're kicking off #PopulationWeek by looking beyond the numbers to explore the connections between people, resources, and our shared future. Follow along all week! populationeducation.org/current-popu... 000
Population Education @populationeducation.org · 04/07/2026Happy Fourth of July! 🇺🇸 Today we celebrate our shared history and the people whose diverse experiences and contributions continue to shape our country. Wishing everyone a safe, joyful, and meaningful Independence Day. 000
Population Education @populationeducation.org · 03/07/2026This Independence Day, we’re reflecting on 250 years of change: from 2.5 million people in 1776 to 342 million today. As growth slows, our choices matter more than ever. How we share resources, expand opportunity, and live sustainably will shape the next 250 years. 🌎 110
Population Education @populationeducation.org · 05/06/2026More than a decade after the Paris Agreement was signed, the world continues to pump out greenhouse gases at a record pace. here are things we all can do to live a more climate-friendly life. Today on #WorldEnvironmentDay, see how you can act #NowForClimate. www.un.org/en/observanc... 100
Population Education @populationeducation.org · 03/06/2026Have you used PRB's Data Sheet in your classroom? Share how it has helped your students engage with real-world data and global issues in the comments or through the link. buff.ly/fw5Fhoh Your stories help show why this trusted resource remains so important for both educators and students. 000
Population Education @populationeducation.org · 02/06/2026Thank you to our wonderful judges who helped select our 18 winners and supported the contest this year - we couldn't have done this without you all! 👏🌟🌏 From the Netherlands to South Africa, and beyond, let's celebrate this wonderful panel of global educators and experts! 🙌🎉➡️ buff.ly/5Jj2H4j 000
Population Education @populationeducation.org · 01/06/2026Last but not least: Caroline Holt, Mia Escalante, and Denise Collins, our second Wetlands honorable mention from The Bush School in Seattle! With beautiful drawings, the trio highlights the value of creating wetland parks to increase biodiversity and nature spaces for all⛲🌲⏯️ buff.ly/WChUDBd 000
Population Education @populationeducation.org · 01/06/2026Mary Laborde from Mt Vernon School in Atlanta earned an Honorable Mention for Wetlands! As microplastics continue to accumulate in urbanized areas with wetlands, Mary illustrates the value of bioretention cells, or basins with native plants, to capture these plastics. 🌊🌿▶️ buff.ly/0wglyhu 010
Population Education @populationeducation.org · 30/05/2026Kevin Shu and Rohan Ragupathy also received an honorable mention in the Economics category! Hailing from Trumbull High School in Connecticut, the pair focuses on monopsonies, how they have created low wages for certain countries, and what governments can do to combat this issue 💵👷↗️ buff.ly/VJnNVI8 000
Population Education @populationeducation.org · 30/05/2026🏠Allie Parker is our Economics honorable mention from Mt Vernon School in Atlanta, Georgia! With more than 771,000 people in the United States facing homelessness, Allie addresses the challenge with strong and actionable solutions. 🌇🔑⏭️ buff.ly/IuEbi7d 000
Population Education @populationeducation.org · 29/05/2026Our next Energy honorable mention: Maisarah Aminah Dombrowski from Pennsbury High School in PA! After discovering that energy poverty is common across rural towns in the United States, Maisarah was determined to create a video emphasizing the importance of energy microgrids. 🌞🏡➡️ buff.ly/FxUMc6p 000
Population Education @populationeducation.org · 29/05/2026✨ Honorable Mention time! ✨ Anie Udofia, from William Aberhart High School in Calgary, Alberta, shows how AI data centers can be more sustainable with liquid immersion cooling, a solution that's based on a century-old technique. 🧑💻❄️⏯️ buff.ly/r1OQjM2 000
Population Education @populationeducation.org · 28/05/2026Viaan Bachalakuri, Eric Yan, Arjun Reddy, and Karthik Tummala collaborated to create the winning Wetlands Middle School second-place video! The team from Nelson Middle School in Frisco, TX shed light on paludiculture and the benefits the solution brings including carbon storage🌳▶️ buff.ly/RcQAVN3 000
Population Education @populationeducation.org · 28/05/2026Featuring our second place Wetlands winner: Anay Pradhan from The International School of the Hague in the Netherlands: Anay promotes the importance of paludiculture, or rewetting wetlands to farm, to avoid the destruction of peatlands, which cover 3% of the world’s surface. 🌱⏩ buff.ly/Y0bzb60 000
Population Education @populationeducation.org · 27/05/2026Ada Ngai and Jonathan Wang are our second place Middle School winners from Juan Cabrillo Middle School for Economics! Using hand-made cardboard cut-outs and stop-motion video, the pair shows how economies thrive when governments invest in children’s education worldwide 🌍🎓 ▶️ buff.ly/PCkClLI 000
Population Education @populationeducation.org · 27/05/2026Matthew Park, our 2nd Place Winner, from the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy focused on housing inequities for his Economics video! Matthew highlights the value of community land trusts (CLTs) to tackle homelessness and unstable housing prices in the United States🏘️➡️ buff.ly/nx2U9sy 010
Population Education @populationeducation.org · 26/05/2026🔋Sand Batteries: Powering the Way to a Sustainable Future was created by our second place winners, Karis Tseng and Anika Chandak from Juan Cabrillo Middle School in CA! The girls discovered that sand batteries are a new renewable energy source that could help those in energy poverty: buff.ly/xFBZWFK 000
Population Education @populationeducation.org · 26/05/2026🌎Kicking off our spotlights for our second place winners featuring Zening Zhao from Saddle River Day School in NJ! Creating detailed animations and filming throughout New York City, Zening inspires viewers to take mass transportation to reduce our energy footprints ⏩ buff.ly/tYcT3tL 000
Population Education @populationeducation.org · 22/05/2026Sanjit Kodumuri: our first place middle school winner from Pioneer Heritage Middle School in Frisco, TX: 🌿💧 Passionate about wetland organisms, Sanjit created his own clay model of a living shoreline, a growing solution to coastal wetland erosion: buff.ly/qNQKXup 000
Population Education @populationeducation.org · 22/05/2026Matty Perkins and Teagan Vanoni from Rancho Campana High School in Camarillo, CA, earned first place for their video, Settling, for a Pond! 🦆💧 After discovering that their county is a pioneer for settling ponds, the pair spent an entire day filming different ponds in their area: buff.ly/ovNpKz7 010
Population Education @populationeducation.org · 21/05/2026Woohoo! Our first place middle winner for economics is Katherine Rose Li from Bedford Middle School in Westport, CT. From biodegradable fabrics made out of mushroom🍄🟫and pineapple🍍, Katherine created a relatable video showing us why fast fashion needs to be more sustainable: buff.ly/4pbsBqK 000
Population Education @populationeducation.org · 21/05/2026Featuring Kaitlyn Zhang, our 1st Place Economics winner who attends Country Day School in Ontario, Canada: After diving into the negative effects fast fashion has on our planet, Kaitlyn brought the issue to the forefront with powerful statistics and eye-catching graphics. 📊👗▶️ buff.ly/oqLKRn5 000
Population Education @populationeducation.org · 20/05/2026Our next winner: Kiera Sala from the Canadian International School of Hong Kong in Aberdeen, HK who also received first place! ☀With 660 million+ people lacking access to energy worldwide, Kiera advocates for solar microgrid use due to its easy installation and affordability: buff.ly/wBRHCus 000
Population Education @populationeducation.org · 20/05/2026It's time to celebrate each of our #Worldof8Billion winners!🎉 First off: our first place winner Kathy Yang from West Windsor-Plainsboro High School South in West Windsor, NJ! Kathy wrote a rap song to show how geothermal energy can combat energy demands and population growth: buff.ly/H9egubV 000
Population Education @populationeducation.org · 27/04/2026Not every topic fits neatly into a lesson plan—and that’s where our Trainers step in. You help educators tackle real-world issues like population, resource use, and environmental change with confidence. Through your workshops and shared resources, your impact reaches far beyond a single classroom.💚 000
Population Education @populationeducation.org · 22/04/2026🌎Earth Day reminds us how important this work is—but our trainers show up for it all year long, helping educators take on real-world challenges with confidence & giving students tools to think critically about the world around them. Thanks for the time, passion, & perspective you bring!💚 000
Population Education @populationeducation.org · 22/04/2026Happy Earth Day! 🌎 Shoutout to our amazing educator community—helping students think critically and understand how people, resources, and our planet are connected. Your impact goes far beyond today. 💚 #dusky 000
Population Education @populationeducation.org · 16/04/2026Visiting the Expo Hall at NSTA today? Come say hello at Booth 776! We love connecting with educators...new faces and familiar ones alike. #NSTA 000
Population Education @populationeducation.org · 16/04/2026Visiting the Expo Hall at NSTA today? Come say hello at Booth 776! We love connecting with educators...new faces and familiar ones alike. #NSTA #nstaana26 #edusci 000
Population Education @populationeducation.org · 13/04/2026We’re heading to NSTA Anaheim this week! 🎉 If you’ll be there, come find us at one (or more!) of our sessions. We’ll be sharing hands-on, classroom-ready activities that help students explore real-world connections between people, resources, and the planet. 📍 We'd love to see you! #NSTAANA26 #NSTA 000
Population Education @populationeducation.org · 13/04/2026Looking for a simple way to build student awareness around global issues? The W8B Awareness Journal helps students reflect, ask questions, and connect what they’re learning to the world around them. A great starting point for deeper thinking & meaningful action. 📥 Download it here: buff.ly/FO8pYxj 000
Population Education @populationeducation.org · 08/04/2026⏳ Earth Day is just 2 weeks away! If you’re still planning, we’ve got you covered. Our free, ready-to-teach lessons make it easy to bring meaningful, real-world learning into your classroom. Help your students understand how people, resources, and the planet are connected! 🔗 buff.ly/zkkRUQ9 #edusky 011
Population Education @populationeducation.org · 05/04/2026We’re loving this Earth Month 2026 Calendar from SubjectToClimate! It's packed with daily themes and classroom-ready activities to help you bring sustainability into your lessons all month long. buff.ly/qcfmXOu 000
Population Education @populationeducation.org · 20/03/2026🌳 Tomorrow is #ForestDay—forests support biodiversity, store carbon, and sustain communities. Bring it into your classroom with our Timber! lesson—students model deforestation and explore sustainability. 📚 buff.ly/ovNf5j2 000